Date: March 19, 2023 Time: 02:00:44
Zagitova chose a spectacular image of Marilyn Monroe: white dress, wig, playful gestures… Alina even repeated the famous shot with her skirt blown up by the wind. And although staging, artistry and presentation were considered the main components of success in this show competition, it was the technique that let Zagitova down. Alina made an offensive “butterfly” in the jump. This did not spoil the overall impression, but it could affect the ratings. As a result, the skater scored only the ninth number of points (18.09 points).
The silver medalist of the 2018 Games, Evgenia Medvedeva, also did not enter the awards (overall scores, special jury awards and audience awards). Zhenya, like Kamila Valieva this season, decided to recall her Olympic history when she, a two-time world champion, lost gold to the 15-year-old “Red Dancer” Zagitova.
There were goal kicks and the symbolic song by Mia Boyka, which contains the words “fly high with open wings”.
– First we chose the song, then the concept appeared. At first I was a little against it, but then I was inspired by the idea, – Medvedeva explained the choice of topic. – Still, this is my past, and there is nothing sad and terrible in it, this is the most important thing.
Alexey Yagudin became the winner of the “Russian Challenge” tournament, taking the lion’s share of the prize fund – five million rubles. Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov received three million, Anna Shcherbakova – one million. The special prize of the jury members was awarded to Tatyana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin, Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Mikhail Kolyada, Sofya Akatyeva and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. The audience awards went to Kamila Valieva, Mark Kondratyuk, as well as Vasilisa Kaganovskaya and Valery Angelopol.
